"site" | Definition and Related Words

site

Noun

The piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located) (synset 108668822)
"a good site for the school"

is a type of: parcel, parcel of land, piece of ground, piece of land, tract - an extended area of land
subtypes:
- camp, summer camp - a site where care and activities are provided for children during the summer months
- apron - (golf) the part of the fairway leading onto the green
- bomb site - an area in a town that has been devastated by bombs
- bivouac, campground, camping area, camping ground, camping site, campsite, encampment - a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent
- burial ground, burial site, burying ground, cemetery, graveyard, memorial park, necropolis - a tract of land used for burials
- archeological site, dig, excavation - the site of an archeological exploration
- dump, dumpsite, garbage dump, rubbish dump, trash dump, waste-yard, wasteyard - a piece of land where waste materials are dumped
- fairway - the area between the tee and putting green where the grass is cut short
- green, putting green, putting surface - an area of closely cropped grass surrounding the hole on a golf course
- launching site - a place for launching pads
- monument - an important site that is marked and preserved as public property
- premises - land and the buildings on it
- rough - the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short
- tee, teeing ground - the starting place for each hole on a golf course
- superfund site, toxic site, toxic waste area - a site where toxic wastes have been dumped and the Environmental Protection Agency has designated them to be cleaned up
specific instances:
- ground zero - the site of the World Trade Center before it was destroyed
- lateran - the site in Rome containing the church of Rome and the Lateran Palace
same as: land site
Physical position in relation to the surroundings (synset 108640525)
"the sites are determined by highly specific sequences of nucleotides"

is a type of: place, position - the particular portion of space occupied by something
subtypes:
- active site - the part of an enzyme or antibody where the chemical reaction occurs
- close quarters - a situation of being uncomfortably close to someone or something
- locus - the specific site of a particular gene on its chromosome
- locus of infection - the specific site in the body where an infection originates
- restriction site - the specific sites at which a restriction enzyme will cleave DNA
- antigenic determinant, determinant, epitope - the site on the surface of an antigen molecule to which an antibody attaches itself
same as: situation
A computer connected to the internet that maintains a series of web pages on the World Wide Web (synset 106370600)
"the Israeli web site was damaged by hostile hackers"

is a type of: computer, computing device, computing machine, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system - a machine for performing calculations automatically
subtypes:
- chat room, chatroom - a site on the internet where a number of users can communicate in real time (typically one dedicated to a particular topic)
- portal, portal site - a site that the owner positions as an entrance to other sites on the internet
same as: internet site, web site, website

Verb

Assign a location to (synset 202338685)
"The company located some of their agents in Los Angeles"

is a type of: place, post, send, station - assign to a station

same as: locate, place

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